Granderson voted Man of the Year for third time IRVING, Texas — Free agent outfielder Curtis Granderson became the first three-time winner of the Marvin Miller Man of the Year, part of the players’ association’s Players Choice Awards. The 37-year-old Granderson, the winner in 2009 and 2016, split last season between Toronto and Milwaukee. He…
DetailsYankees suddenly facing battle for their top free-agent target The last time the Yankees and Phillies competed in a high-stakes setting, the Yankees copped the 2009 World Series title and christened the latest rendition of Yankee Stadium in a grand way. Nine years later, the teams separated by 95 miles — in different leagues but…
DetailsMariners reliever Edwin Diaz isn’t entirely off-limits Seattle’s hyper-active GM, Jerry Dipoto, has moved James Paxton and Mike Zunino and would like to deal significant salaried pieces such as Jean Segura, Kyle Seager and Robinson Cano (good luck on Cano, who has five years at $120 million left and had a PED-related suspension this season).…
DetailsHow splurging Phillies will drive the whole free-agent market The Phillies are in on Bryce Harper and Manny Machado and might sign both, while thinking two years down the road about Millville, N.J.’s, favorite son, Mike Trout, and his free agency. The Phillies hosted Patrick Corbin for a visit Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park. They…
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Madison Bumgarner Won’t Fetch the Giants That Much For all the reasons that made running the Giants appealing to Farhan Zaidi, there’s one major, unavoidable negative: The roster is in pretty bad shape. That’s the roster of the big-league team, and, really, that’s the overall organizational depth chart. It’s an expensive and mediocre club with…
DetailsCan Mariners, Mets pull off a Cano blockbuster? If the latest rumors and speculation are to be believed, Robinson Cano may not be with the Mariners much longer. Behind ever-active general manager Jerry Dipoto — who already this offseason has traded lefty James Paxton to the Yankees and backstop Mike Zunino to the Rays —…
DetailsMaking a Robinson Cano Trade Work As we get closer to deals for Manny Machado and Bryce Harper, the time has come for warnings about mega-deals gone bad. You know about Albert Pujols, Chris Davis, Miguel Cabrera, and Jacoby Ellsbury as prime examples of why guaranteeing big money long-term to players on the wrong side…
DetailsPhillies jump into the Patrick Corbin free-agency fray The Philadelphia Phillies are trying to crash Patrick Corbin’s homecoming to New York. The lefty pitcher, long believed to be a fit for the Yankees’ rotation, spent Tuesday on a visit to the Phillies’ Citizens Bank Park, per multiple reports. Corbin, who grew up a Yankees fan…
DetailsSIOUX CITY LEFTY McKINNEY OFF TO MARINERS ORGANIZATION MOORHEAD, MINN. – The Seattle Mariners have purchased the contract of LHP Ian McKinney from the Sioux City Explorers, the American Association announced on Tuesday. McKinney is the 23rd American Association player to have his contract purchased by a Major League organization in 2018. (Photo Credit: Sioux…
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Fall Report: Cal State Fullerton FULLERTON, Calif. — Normally, any report on the Titans would entail a lot of talk about how deep and talented the pitching staff is, how the infield is fundamentally sound and the batting order is scrappy and fast. This isn’t one of those normal years for Fullerton, because while the last…
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